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- In the 1930 US census all four of Charles and Zella Moranville's children are in the household of her father, William J. Crawford. In the 1940 US census all four children are in the household of their uncle Walter Crawford.
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- Ruth Tjaden, 78, was born Sept. 10, 1920, at Hemingford,
Neb. She was the third of four children born to Edward and Zella Crawford Moranville. After her father died the family moved to the Crawford farm in Nuckolls County near Mt. Clare.
She attended Antelope rural school and for her first two years of high school she rode a horse to Mt. Clare High School, three miles from the Crawford farm. She finished her high school at Nelson and graduated as the valedictorian of her senior class. She then taught rural school in Nuckolls County for three years before attending Kearney State Teachers College. After receiving her teacher's certificate she taught at the Madrid School.
She married Ed Tjaden, at Francis, Kan. on Aug. 22, 1946. They made their home on a farm east of Madrid. Ruth quit her teaching while she raised her family but resumed again and taught at Madrid and Wheatland schools from 1963 until she retired in 1976.
She died at the Perkins County Community Hospital, Grant, Feb. 20, 1999.
A member of the Madrid United Methodist Church and the U. M. W. , she was active with Bible study. She was also a member of the Madrid American Legion Auxiliary.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Esther and, two brothers, Charles and Walter.
She is survived by her husband, Ed; one daughter, Mrs. Joe Smalley (Lois), Reno, Nev.; three sons, Lindell, Scottsbluff, Don, Lincoln, Neb., and Ken, Hastings; and four grandchildren.
Services were Tuesday at the Madrid United Methodist Church with Pastor Randy Jorgensen officiating.
Burial was in the Madrid Cemetery.
Source: Superior Express February 25, 1999
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